Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has finally opened up on Chief Ayo Adebanjo…

Bola Ahmed Tinubu

“If not because of Chief Ayo Adebanjo’s honesty and integrity, I would not have become the governor of the state. Adebanjo said no to electoral rigging. As the acting chairman of the AD, he said direct primary is the answer-that every registered member must participate in our primary- and when the result came, some people tried to manipulate it and altered the result. Adebanjo stood his ground and said as the acting national chairman of the party, the result of the fair and free primary must be upheld, and that was in my favour.”

“If he were corrupt, they were ready to pay him. If he were a corrupt national leader, he would have taken money, compromised the result and submit another name. That is the only testimony I will come to give. That is the truth I came to tell. He upheld the result as being the most free and fair primary held in AD at that particular time.”

“May God Almighty continue to bless you! Continue on your principled path of integrity and great character-path of honesty that represents the value of our race of the democrats and your committed allies.”

“If you don’t understand him, you might say he is divisive, but what is the meaning of restructuring if not true federalism and if not about freedom and opportunity for each federating unit to come up with their blueprints, govern and promote the unity of this country?”

“What is the meaning of restructuring if not about the resources, management and opportunity for federalism in any democratic setting? I agree with him on that. He has been a father to all of us in politics. He is committed to that principle of democratisation in this country. He is ready to pay the supreme price for it as some of us, including me standing before you.”

“I respect you. You are a mentor to me. We can disagree, because you taught me rebellion, so, if I go the other way sometimes that means I am not a bastard. I have a good father to emulate. No matter what you say, you can’t but praise, honour and respect him for his principled stance on issues of the country.”